Insight Guides Explore Florence (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Pocket-sized travel guides featuring the very best routes and itineraries. 

Discover the best of Florence with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like Piazza Del Duomo, the Uffizi, Piazza San Marco, the Bobble Garden and Piazzale Michelangelo, to discovering hidden gems, including San Marco museum, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, help you plan and enhance your visit to Florence.

Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this is the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to Tuscany.

- Over 14 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat along the way
- Local highlights: discover what makes the area special, its top attractions and unique sights, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Insider recommendations: where to stay and what to do, from active pursuits to themed trips
- Hand-picked places: find your way to great hotels, restaurants and nightlife using the comprehensive listings
- Practical maps: get around with ease and follow the walks and tours using the detailed maps 
- Informative tips: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: Orsanmichele to the Ponte Vecchio, Santa Maria Novella to San Marco, the Accademia to the Museo Archeologico, the Pitti Palace and more.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Travel
• Italy
• My Last Duchess
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781839051524
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With top- quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.
Best Routes
The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destination’s many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights, and there are also ex cursions for those who want to extend their visit outside the city. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.
We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Food and Drink’ box at the end of each tour.
Introduction
The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink, shopping and more, while a succinct history timeline highlights the key events over the centuries.
Directory
Also supporting the routes is a Directory chapter, with a clearly organised A–Z of practical information, our pick of where to stay while you are there and select restaurant listings; these eateries complement the more low-key cafés and restaurants that feature within the routes and are intended to offer a wider choice for evening dining. Also included here are some nightlife listings, plus a handy language guide and our recommendations for books and films about the destination.
Getting around the e-book
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights mentioned in the text are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of the destination. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Recommended Routes For...
Art enthusiasts
Children
Food and wine
Medici Florence
Parks and gardens
Rival cities
Shopping
Views
Explore Florence
Florence today
Geography and layout
Three squares
Across the Arno
A potted history
Beginnings
The Commune
Renaissance flourishing
Foreign rule
Unification and independence
Contemporary Florence
Modern mayors
Food and Drink
Markets and vegetables
Fagioli
Olive oil
Chestnuts
Meat dishes
Sweets
Eating out
Wine
Key names
Vin Santo
Shopping
Fashion
Designer names
Leather and textiles
Paper
Opening times
Entertainment
Music, opera and dance
The Maggio Musicale
Opera and dance
Chamber music
Theatre
Cinema
Nightlife
History: Key Dates
Beginnings
The Renaissance
Foreign rule and independence
The 21st century
Piazza del Duomo
Piazza del Duomo
The Duomo
The façade
The crypt of Santa Reparata
Notable artworks
The dome
Climbing the dome
The Campanile
Loggia del Bigallo
The Baptistry
Baptistry doors
The interior
Museo dell’Opera del Duomo
The ground floor
The first floor
The second floor
Donatello’s workshop
Orsanmichele to the Ponte Vecchio
Orsanmichele
The interior
Piazza della Signoria
The Loggia of the Lancers
Palazzo Vecchio
The courtyard
Room of the Five Hundred
Other first-floor highlights
Quarters of the Elements
Quarters of Eleonor of Toledo
Hall of Justice and Room of the Lilies
Other second-floor highlights
Special tours and the Children’s Museum
Gucci Garden
Piazzale degli Uffizi and the Ponte Vecchio
The bridge’s occupants
The Uffizi
The building
Layout
The second floor
The early Renaissance
The High Renaissance
Michelangelo and the Florentines
The first floor
The Bargello and Santa Croce
The Bargello
The collections
Badia Fiorentina
Santa Croce
The interior
Museo dell’Opera di Santa Croce
Santa Maria Novella to San Marco
Santa Maria Novella
The cemetery
The interior
Museum and cloisters
Mercato Centrale
San Lorenzo Market
Medici Chapels
Capella dei Principi
Sagrestia Nuova
Laurentian Library
Highlights
Lorenzo’s staircase
Lunch break
San Lorenzo
Famous tombs
Medici-Riccardi Palace
Piazza San Marco
Church and Museum of San Marco
The Dormitory
The Accademia to the Museo Archeologico
The Accademia
The collection
Hospital of the Innocents
Santissima Annunziata
Archeological Museum
Around Piazza Della Repubblica
Piazza della Repubblica
Strozzi Palace
Via de’ Tornabuoni
Santa Trinità
Ferragamo Museum
Davanzati Palace
Highlights
Mercato Nuovo
Oltrarno
Santa Felicità
Casa Guidi
Piazza Santo Spirito
Santo Spirito
Brancacci Chapel
San Frediano
The Pitti Palace and Boboli Garden
Pitti Palace
Palatine Gallery
Mythological decoration
Royal apartments
Niche Museums
Decorative Arts Museum
Modern Art and Costume Galleries
Boboli Garden
Statuary, structures and stonework
Buontalenti Grotto
Giardino Bardini
San Miniato Al Monte
Bardini Museum
San Miniato Gateway
Piazzale Michelangelo
San Miniato al Monte
The interior
Miniato mausoleum
The descent
The Belvedere
Ending the walk
Fiesole
Towards Piazza Mino
Roman Amphitheatre
Bandini Museum
San Romolo Cathedral
San Iacopo Chapel
Sant’Alessandro
Back to Florence
Medici Villas
Villa Corsini
Villa Medicea della Petraia
The interior
The park
To Poggio ai Caiano
Villa Medicea Poggio ai Caiano
Back to Florence
San Gimignano
Piazza del Duomo
The Rocca
Siena
Il Campo
Palazzo Pubblico
The Duomo
Cathedral Museum
Baptistry
Santa Maria della Scala
Pinacoteca Nazionale
Pisa
Piazza dei Cavalieri
Santo Stefano
Field of Miracles
Leaning Tower
The Duomo
The interior
Baptistry
Holy Field
Pisan museums
Romanesque and gothic churches
Accommodation
The Duomo
Piazza della Signoria
Santa Croce
Piazza della Repubblica
San Lorenzo
San Marco
Santa Maria Novella
Oltrarno
Fiesole
San Gimignano
Siena
Restaurants
The Duomo
Piazza della Signoria
Santa Croce
Piazza della Repubblica
San Lorenzo
San Marco
Santa Maria Novella
Oltrarno
Outside Florence
San Gimignano
Siena
Nightlife
Theatre
Cinema
Bars and live music
A-Z
A
Age restrictions
Addresses
B
Budgeting
C
Carbon off-setting
Children
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety
Customs and duty-free
D
Disabled travellers
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates
Emergencies
Etiquette
F
Festivals
G
Green issues
Guides and tours
H
Health
Insurance
Pharmacies and hospitals
Hours and holidays
Business hours
Public holidays
I
Internet
L
Left luggage
LGBTQ travellers
M
Maps
Media
Print
Television and radio
Money
Credit cards
Banks, exchange and ATMs
P
Police
Post
R
Religion
S
Smoking
Sports
Gyms
Tennis
Swimming
Football
Student travellers
Strikes
T
Telephones
Mobile phones
Time zone
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Transport
Arrival
By rail
Public transport
Taxis
Driving and car hire
Bicycle hire
V
Visas and passports
Y
Youth hostels
W
Weights and measures
Women travellers
Language
Useful phrases
At a bar/restaurant
On the menu
Getting around
Online
Social media
Books and Fil